Nine Afro-Gothic horror stories of unsettling appetites, decay, the restless dead, and the body in a Southern Gothic mode.
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Nine Afro-Gothic horror stories of unsettling appetites, decay, the restless dead, and the body in a Southern Gothic mode.
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A pregnant woman is devoured by an unsettling hunger. A man is buried alive, punished for a crime that is none. A boy goes missing, and he returns, changed. In this collection of nine disturbing horror stories, the author of On Sundays, She Picked Flowers explores themes of disconcerting appetites of body and mind, of decay and the restless dead. Yah Yah Scholfield skillfully engages with Southern Gothic and Afro-Gothic traditions to create unsettling tales about nature, religion, and the body.
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Graphic body horror; cannibalistic hunger; burial alive; murder and decay
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Religion as recurring theme in Southern and Afro-Gothic tales
Magic & witchcraft
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Changeling folklore and mild supernatural fantasy elements
Occult / demonology
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Restless dead, decay, and gothic supernatural horror motifs
Political content
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Afro-Gothic engagement with Black Southern cultural traditions
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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On-page burial alive as unjust punishment; murder; body violation
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